kaburns1214 and UHCoog's Mentor Group-Closed (Page 61)

Are you eating on these trainer rides?  Part of the reason hot yoga isn't really heat acclimation is because you're not simulating race conditions.  It's about making sure you know if you need extra hydration or that you know what effect it has on your heart rate while cycling or running or getting your stomach acclimated to accepting food during a time of combined heat and intensity stress.  It is not about just getting used to being hot.

Now if you watch your HR and don't over do the bike you should perform up to whatever your training load will let you.

Use the wetsuit.  It will conserve energy and you're going to need all you can save.  Drink a bottle of sports drink before the swim and make sure you're drinking at least every 10 minutes on the bike.  If you don't have an empty bottle to exchange at EVERY handup you aren't drinking enough.

So it's 100 plus outside today and what's out when I walk into the office?????  That's right the A/C. 

Had paddle work in the pool and PPT intervals on the bike this morning.

Originally posted by jarvy01 I had my longest ride ever this past weekend as well. 75 miles. Kinda freaked me out a bit because I was absolutely spent by the end. The thought of doing 112 and then a marathon is intimidating. I hit full on freak out mode yesterday. Not good. Speedfil worked great. It's a keeper. Like Carrie, I've dialed in my nutrition and it's solid. I've also found a pre-race dinner and breakfast that work perfectly for me. Sushi the night before the race and rice, berries, banana, honey, and sports drink on race morning. Works like a charm On my long ride I ended up pulling in to a gas station to refill my bottle and didn't unclip my right foot in time. Scratched up my bike frame. A little road rash on my elbow, arm, and leg. It was more embarrassing than anything. A guy actually walked over to see if I was ok. This is the second fall in the last two weeks. I need to pull it together. Seriously. My body AND my brain are fried. I don't even want to look at this bike for at least 6 weeks after my IM. Swim and recovery ride today. I have to do some schedule juggling bc of holiday travel.

Here's the thing about being spent on long training rides, you have to take into account that you're training all week long and then you ride on the weekend.  There is NO WAY you're going to feel like you can get off and run a marathon.  Basically no matter how well rested you feel your gas needle is not on F.  Going through a 2-3 week taper will ensure that you walk into the race on full. 

So all in all it's normal Jen.  Don't freak out.

Just got caught up on all the posts, looks like y'all have had fun.  I had a very productive staycation.  Pressure washed and stripped my entire deck (unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate for resealing/restaining), felled 4 trees and diced them up (one more to go), re-screened 4 windows, installed 4 ceiling fans (only got electrocuted once), and made a good dent on clearing the brush from my back yard.

With the extra time I bumped up my runs to 10K each workout, and found a nice 18mi loop to ride.  Not counting a race, it was the first time my bike has seen anything other than my trainer.  It felt really good, so now I'm looking into other longer loops from my house.  Going to get out on the road more with the bike.  Of course this makes my wife paranoid, so to somewhat appease her fears I've got a road id on it's way, and have installed "Real Time GPS Tracker" on my phone so she can ping me to see where I am.

Larkin, you have mail.

You want to come to my house?